waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
feeling of a house or a room
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
exclusive; attached to; specialist
staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
when it becomes; when it comes to
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
spotlight; close observation
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
(being moved) deeply; (feeling) profoundly; (going) straight to one's heart; going numb; stinging (pain)
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
successive generations; successive emperors
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)